http://www.addisfortune.com/index.htm Get the Latest Business News from Ethiopia- The Largest English Weekly in the Nation! http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Jitbit RSS Feed Creator Sun, 19 Apr 2009 00:00:00 +0300 As is to be expected, the markets came alive at Shola Gebeya, the second largest market in Addis last Wednesday, as people scurried to stock up on meat and dairy products that were absent in homes over the 55-day fasting period. Yet price variations across various Ethiopians markets made shopping not as pleasant for everyone as it should be as PAWLOS BELETE, FORTUNE STAFF WRITER, and DANIEL KIFLE, SPECIAL TO FORTUNE from Adama, report. http://www.addisfortune.com/Agenda.htmSun, 19 Apr 2009 00:00:00 +0300Remember Reverend Jessie Jackson crying live on TV the night Barak Obama was sworn in as the 44th and first unprecedented black president of the United States? http://www.addisfortune.com/fortune_editors_note.htmSun, 19 Apr 2009 00:00:00 +0300Reading the personal opinions of Lulit Amdemariam that appear in this newspaper has been entertaining, and sometimes puzzling. She is such an amazing writer, I remember telling her this previously. http://www.addisfortune.com/opinion.htmSun, 19 Apr 2009 00:00:00 +0300Resolving contractual disputes outside of court rooms is preferred by parties because it is friendly, less costly, speedy, confidential, specialized, flexible and convenient. The commercial code of Ethiopia has a series of proclamations governing this mechanism which incorporate provisions that are in direct conflict with not only the commercial code, but also the contemporary trend and international best practice, argues Yohannes Woldegebriel, director of the Arbitration Institute of the Addis Abeba Chamber of Commerce and Sectoral Association (AACCSA). http://www.addisfortune.com/ecconomic_commentary.htmSun, 19 Apr 2009 00:00:00 +0300Ethiopians in the United States, in giving thanks to mark the end of the Lenten fast, will have their antennas pointing south easterly to the country of their birth, and the family and friends that they could not have been with at this all important festival. And many of those in America, living on the west and east coasts and in Ethiopia itself, can pause to think back on the past twelve months. This is the time of rebirth and for all, not just Christians, a true time for resurrection. http://www.addisfortune.com/Viewpoint.htmSun, 19 Apr 2009 00:00:00 +0300There are not many things that have the ability to put a smile on one's face these days; life has become a series of morbid observations and events. Despite all the black and grey though, there is something in Addis Abeba that never fails to put a smile on my face. I find it to be the closest thing to godliness that exists in our decrepit urban environment. It is the one thing that, perhaps, puts all the bad in perspective, at least to me that is. http://www.addisfortune.com/lifematters.htmSun, 19 Apr 2009 00:00:00 +0300Along with the fast changing landscape in Addis is great development of roads and bridges. What seems obviously lacking alongside these, however, is a simultaneous expansion of greenery in the city environs. One wonders what happened to the “environmentally friendly” drive. http://www.addisfortune.com/View_From_Arada.htmSun, 19 Apr 2009 00:00:00 +0300It appears the opening up of private commercial banks is the order of the day. Little does it seem to matter that the regulators have put the bar so high that banks being established now have to raise seven times more capital than the ones that opened back in the 1990s. http://www.MyWebSite.com/item.htmlSun, 19 Apr 2009 00:00:00 +0300Find out about all the Entertainment news From Addis Fortunehttp://www.addisfortune.com/Fortune_Entertainment_news.htmSun, 19 Apr 2009 00:00:00 +0300